1981 Cleveland Indians season explained

Cleveland Indians
Season:	1981
League:	American League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City:	Cleveland, Ohio
Owners:	Steve O'Neill
General Managers:	Phil Seghi
Managers:	Dave Garcia
Television:	WUAB
Radio:	WWWE

The 1981 Cleveland Indians season was the franchise's 81st season as a member of the American League. Games were suspended for 50 days due to the 1981 Major League Baseball strike, causing a split season. The Indians finished the first half of the season in sixth place in the American League East, and the second half of the season tied for fifth place. Managed by Dave Garcia, the Indians played their home games at Cleveland Stadium and had an overall record of 52 wins and 51 losses.

Offseason

• December 8, 1980: Dan Spillner was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[1]
• December 9, 1980: Gary Alexander, Víctor Cruz, Rafael Vásquez, and Bob Owchinko were traded by the Indians to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Bert Blyleven and Manny Sanguillén.^[2]

Regular season

• May 15, 1981: Len Barker pitched a perfect game against the Toronto Blue Jays. It was the 10th perfect game in MLB history, and remains the most recent no-hitter thrown by an Indian.^[3] Barker was later selected to the All-Star Game.

See main article: Len Barker's perfect game.

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters

	Name	Position
27		DH
20		CF
21		1B
34		LF
11		3B
6		RF
16		C
7
15		SS
28		P

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Roster

1981 Cleveland Indians roster
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches (Pitching) (Hitting/First Base)(Third Base)(Bullpen)

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
align=left		21	47	3	10	3	0	0	6	.213	0
align=left		68	232	36	61	11	1	1	17	.263	16
align=left		48	138	14	29	7	1	4	18	.210	1
align=left		63	182	25	57	19	0	7	38	.313	2
align=left		72	269	33	78	5	5	0	19	.290	29
align=left		48	57	10	17	0	0	0	6	.298	7
align=left		22	43	3	10	1	0	0	5	.233	3
align=left		94	322	43	102	21	0	2	49	.317	5
align=left		103	361	64	105	12	4	5	44	.291	12
align=left		61	190	8	44	4	0	1	25	.232	0
align=left		43	109	21	28	8	2	1	17	.257	8
align=left		48	75	8	16	4	0	1	16	.213	2
align=left		72	206	15	53	6	0	0	14	.257	1
align=left		26	23	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
align=left		103	360	47	88	15	3	4	33	.244	25
align=left		88	338	50	92	14	3	5	34	.272	4
align=left		14	15	3	4	0	2	1	4	.267	0
align=left		5	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
align=left		43	84	11	20	4	0	1	7	.238	0
align=left		69	226	22	54	12	0	6	30	.239	3
align=left		75	221	13	54	4	0	0	14	.244	1
Team Totals	103	3507	431	922	150	21	39	397	.263	119

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
align=left		8	7	3.91	22	22	0	154.1	150	72	67	46	127
align=left		11	7	2.88	20	20	0	159.1	145	52	51	40	107
align=left		2	2	3.17	7	6	0	48.1	49	20	17	14	15
align=left		10	6	3.15	19	19	0	145.2	139	62	51	66	94
align=left		3	7	5.79	12	10	0	56.0	89	40	36	14	15
align=left		0	0	1.17	4	0	0	7.2	5	1	1	4	4
align=left		0	0	7.59	14	0	0	21.1	36	20	18	3	11
align=left		0	0	5.40	7	0	0	13.1	16	8	8	2	11
align=left		3	5	4.34	31	0	4	58.0	58	31	28	21	41
align=left		4	4	3.14	32	5	7	97.1	86	41	34	39	59
align=left		3	3	4.36	24	0	2	43.1	43	21	21	18	34
align=left		8	10	4.92	22	21	0	126.1	173	74	69	44	51
Team Totals	52	51	3.88	103	103	13	931.0	989	442	401	311	569

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

• Len Barker, reserve

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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References

• 1981 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference
• 1981 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/spillda01.shtml Dan Spillner
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/blylebe01.shtml Bert Blyleven
3. http://www.retrosheet.org/nohit_chrono.htm Chronological list of no-hitters at Retrosheet
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE198104110.shtml 1981 Opening Day Lineup
5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007